Some leave those who grieve, despite feeling it’s wrong to walk out the door.

They are sorry; however, the chaos of loss seems too hard to manage.

There’s truth in the hardness of it all.

It’s difficult to navigate the changes which loss creates. The changes become loss for others.

Even, so.

There are those, some least expected, who stay, believing there will be future days to fly and soar.

It’s part of the story of any who have experienced loss, including mine.

Loss became a powerful teacher in my life.

I realized people need to be taught to stay, to fight for one another, to believe there’s more to the story.

A community of faith, you and I, needs to learn this lesson. We need to be the ones who stay, anchoring ourselves deep into the love and grace of Christ, unwilling to let the storm of loss to overpower and even destroy. At the end of the day, we really do need one another.